CONGRATULATIONS!! We did it! 30 days of green smoothies! What an amazing accomplishment – even if you weren’t able to make a smoothie every day the fact that you committed to the challenge and started it has made a difference in your health. The hope is that now you will be able to include this wonderfully […]
I’m still here!! Yes, that’s right…I’m here and I’m making smoothies, every day! I just haven’t been able to post for various reasons! But, I’m here and I know that many, many of you are here, too! I’m still getting emails, texts and posts from all of you. It’s rather inspirational. Probably one of the […]
Oh yes! Pack that blender FULL, FULL, FULL of greens! The taste isn’t really different and you are getting so much more nutritionally! Think about it — you will get at least 4 servings of your fruits and veggies for the day! Yesterday, I made a massive green smoothie. And today I made another for […]
Congratulations everyone! We are official in the latter half of the challenge! If that wasn’t exciting enough I made my favourite smoothie so far. As mentioned yesterday, I was challenged to add more greens from a wonderful supporter; she supplied me with a recipe to try. I tweaked it slightly because I wanted to add […]
I am so happy! I may have encouraged another friend to start drinking green smoothies! Not just anyone…someone, I didn’t think would come over to the green side. He has been jokingly asking me to make him a green smoothie — and today, I did. Delivered to his door. When he finished, he said it […]
The weekend was very busy! When all 4 kids are home and we are running around checking off the events in their social calendar it leaves little time for writing a blog post. However, we did find time for the important things like our 2 year olds birthday party AND a green smoothie each day! […]
Later today I will be sending out the plan for next week. We will be focusing on using different greens in your smoothie. In honour of this coming weeks challenge I decided to make a rather unconventional smoothie. I have been planning this smoothie since last week when I talking with someone who wanted to […]
Day 9 and going strong! I’m not sure about you but I’m loving this! Even better, my husband and I just sat down after getting all the kids to bed and he said “Are you going to make a smoothie??”, I excitedly proclaimed “Yes!” He gave a a little cheer (really!) and told me he […]
Today I tried to make a smoothie that was protein-rich but also not too many calories. Let’s just say I haven’t perfected the quest but this was a start:
2 stalks, swiss chard
2 stalks, celery
A handful of alfalfa sprouts
1 banana
2 tbsp twister powder (hemp, maca, cacao)
and…not shown in picture but […]
7 days done and we are going strong! Today was another crazy, hectic day around here but I still managed to squeeze in a smoothie. At one point today, I was doubtful. I was feeling tired and like it was too much work. I realized that that was probably because I was on the go […]
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In January 2013 I realized I needed to do something to improve my health. I spent 2012 on maternity leave and often neglected taking care of my own health (sleepless nights and caring for a tiny human will do that!). Not to mention the many years before that where health was at the bottom of my list of priorities. Luckily, I discovered Lisa's 30 day green smoothie challenge. The recipes were incredible and a green smoothie drinker was born! But I didn't stop there. Starting each day in such a healthy way led me to consult with a naturopath (it would have been Lisa if we were in the same city), do an elimination diet, and discover that I have sensitivities to wheat and milk. I changed to a whole foods-based diet (most of the time) and took up running. In the span of 8.5 months I went from being tired and sluggish on the couch (literally - I could run for one minute at a time before having to walk) to having enough energy to run the Detroit International Half Marathon. I actually RAN the whole thing! And I lost almost 60lbs along the way! Thank you, Lisa, for being my catalyst. Your challenge kept me interested in a new way of living and saved me! I continue to drink a green smoothie every day for breakfast. What a wonderful way to start each day!
Thank you thank you thank you!!!Imogen Meloche Windsor, Ontario